welter | English to English Dictionary

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welter

('w/E/lt/@/r )

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a confused multitude of things(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.(noun)

source: webster1913

toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way(verb.motion)

Example:
The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours.

source: wordnet30
roll around,(verb.motion)

Synonym:
wallow

source: wordnet30
be immersed in(verb.cognition)

Example:
Welter in work.

source: wordnet30
To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.(verb)

source: webster1913
To wither; to wilt.(verb)

source: webster1913

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